{"id":999,"date":"2008-04-02T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T10:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2008\/04\/02\/under-the-same-moon-breaks-record-for-the-biggest-opening-of-a-spanish-language-film-us\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T10:54:20","slug":"under-the-same-moon-breaks-record-for-the-biggest-opening-of-a-spanish-language-film-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/under-the-same-moon-breaks-record-for-the-biggest-opening-of-a-spanish-language-film-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u0080\u009cUnder the Same Moon\u00e2\u0080\u009d Breaks Record For The Biggest Opening Of A Spanish-Language Film U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Under the Same Moon&rdquo; broke the record for the biggest opening of a Spanish-language film in the U.S., grossing 2.77 million from 266 locations.&nbsp; &ldquo;Under the Same Moon,&rdquo; distributed by the Weinstein Co. and marketed by Fox Searchlight, easily beat the previous record for a Spanish language pic, Lionsgate&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ladron que roba a ladron,&rdquo; which bowed to $1.6 million.<br \/>  <!--more--> <br \/> Indie studios reported that the film, which opened Wednesday and has cumed $3.5 million, succeeded with two different audiences.&nbsp; The film had the highest per screen average for the weekend with $10,414 and was #10 overall in just 266 theatres.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p> &ldquo;It played like a very commercial film in Latino communities and showed some real strength at arthouses,&rdquo; said Fox Searchlight topper Peter Rice.&nbsp; <\/p><div id=\"holaa-3692985698\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p> Harvey Weinstein added that he thought a careful rollout in arthouses could lead the film to do as well as Miramax&rsquo;s 1990 release &ldquo;Cinema Paradiso,&rdquo; which cumed almost $12 million, while staying strong with native Spanish speakers.<\/p>\n<p> Film also opened this weekend in Mexico as the #2 film, where it grossed $1.7 million and had the biggest bow this year for a local title, the 6th biggest opening ever. <\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-2158473369\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/progressiowa.org\/2023\/08\/take-action-with-progress-iowa\/?utm_source=news&#038;utm_medium=site&#038;utm_campaign=2026&#038;utm_id=News\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Progress Iowa Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Progress-Iowa-Spanish-300x250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Under the Same Moon&rdquo; 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